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Enid Mary Blyton
(11 of August 1897 ? 28 November 1968) was an
English
writer
. She was born in
Dulwich
, South London,
England
. She was one of the
world's
most
famous
children's writers
. She wrote a great number of
books
. Her most famous stories are the
Famous Five
stories, about a group of four children (Dick, Julian, Anne, and Georgina, who wanted to be called George) and their
dog
(Timmy) who have many
adventures
, and her
Noddy
books for small children.
Her parents wanted her to become a pianist, but Enid wanted to be a
teacher
. Her parents agreed to let her train as a teacher. She began teaching in 1919 in
Kent
, not far from where she grew up in
Beckenham
.
As a child and
teenager
her main interest had been
writing
poems
, stories and other items. She had sent many of them to
magazines
but had never had any
published
. As she worked as a teacher she began to publish her articles in a magazine called
Teachers' World
. Her first book, called
Child Whispers
came out in 1922. It was a book of her poems with illustrations (drawings).
She was
married
soon after. She left teaching and began to have more success with her books. She wrote in and was the
editor
of magazine for children called
Sunny Stories
. The magazine came out every two weeks. Some of Enid's most famous books were first printed in this magazine in parts.
Enid Blyton is in
The
Guinness Book of Records
as one of the world's biggest selling writers. She is also included because she wrote more books than almost any other writer (about 700). Her books were published in many different
languages
. She said that she found writing them easy. Her books still sell in large numbers, and used to be owned by her family. A few years ago her family sold them, and now her works belong to a private company.
Enid Blyton did a lot of work for
charity
and had a club for children which helped them to give money to charity. She was married twice and had two daughters. She died of
Alzheimer's disease
in
Hampstead
, London.